Looking at Feng Quan, who walked to the sidelines with his teammates talking and laughing, Ronaldo, who only got 2 shots in the first half of the game, but failed to shoot within the range of the goal, looked angry.

'What is there to be proud of, if it wasn't for Toni [Kroos] who helped me so little, I would have scored a goal a long time ago." Ronaldo, who was in a bad mood, complained in his heart.

It's no wonder that Cristiano Ronaldo has this in mind, as five of his nine goals in the previous five league games have come from direct assists from the midfielder led by Toni Kroos, two have come from Cristiano Ronaldo's own suddenness from outside the box, and the other two headers have come from Marcelo's wide crosses.

Although Ronaldo also has a strong ability to fight individually, the Portuguese superstar, who has gradually transformed into a "goalkeeper" striker as he grows older, has become more and more dependent on midfield organization in attack.

Whenever Real Madrid's midfield is in trouble, Ronaldo's threat in attack decreases, and it will be even more difficult for Ronaldo to score goals if the team's wide attack is also unable to open up the situation.

And today's "derby" vs. Atletico Madrid's highly targeted arrangement made the Real Madrid team's midfield organization and wing attack fall into a "paralyzed" situation at the same time.

First of all, in order to disrupt the operation of Real Madrid's midfield, Diego Simeone was very targeted and put out a 4-4-2 formation that had not been used for a long time. The midfield, consisting of Saul, Raul Garcia, Koke and Gabi, is slightly inferior in terms of creativity, but it is clearly superior to the midfield combination of Isco, James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos in terms of attacking and defensive balance.

Especially when it comes to pressing without the ball, Atletico Madrid's four midfielders all have a lot of running ability and motivation, as well as good passing.

As a result, after the start of the game, Atletico Madrid spared no effort to press with high pressure, which not only destroyed the effective operation of the city's rival midfield, but also gave the attacking core Feng Quan many good opportunities to face the square goal many times.

While disrupting the effective functioning of the opposition midfield, Diego Simeone is also a fast and fast combination that is equally good at attacking in the front line, and it is also a direct hit for Real Madrid's defence.

With Khedira out injured, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti had to put Toni Kroos, who is known for his playmaking attack, in the midfield position. On the surface, this seems to have strengthened the team's organisation, but it has also weakened the team's midfield defence.

When Khedira is on the pitch, the German, who has a lot of running ability, can often help up the flanks, but Toni Kroos, who replaced him in the central midfield position this game, was unable to do so due to his lack of running ability.

As a result, Feng Quan and Griezmann frequently attacked the opponent's wide defense, forcing Real Madrid's two full-backs to focus more on defense. As a result, the contribution of Coentrão and Carvajal in the attack was almost negligible, and as a result, Real Madrid's wide attack was largely paralyzed.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Ronaldo, who did not have the strong support of his teammates, only managed to get one shot on goal in the entire first half.

However, in addition to not having the strong support of his teammates, Ronaldo's attacking options in the first half of the game were also quite problematic.

Although many of Ronaldo's goals in the past two seasons have come from rushing points in the penalty area, or sudden cold arrows at the edge of the penalty area, his position on the field is actually more of a left winger than a center forward at the front.

In this game against Atletico Madrid, Ronaldo, who should have appeared more on the left side, rushed to the middle as soon as Real Madrid won the ball, or rushed directly into the opponent's penalty area to wait for his teammates' passes.

On the surface, Ronaldo's direct rush into the opponent's penalty area seems to increase the number of people who grab points in front of goal, but at the same time it also reduces the difficulty of Atletico Madrid's defense. After all, when the opponent's two full-backs did not dare to press the assist easily, Juanfran could safely return to the penalty area to help the central defenders assist Ronaldo.

Yes, Ronaldo's bounce and nose in front of goal are indeed strong, but it is extremely difficult to get the landing point and form a threatening attack with two or three people.

Therefore, in response to the problems exposed by Ronaldo in the first half of the game, Ancelotti asked the Portuguese not to stick to the opponent's penalty area and central activities in the second half of the game, expand their range of activities and appropriately increase the proportion of individual breakthroughs. At the same time, when teammates are in a better position, try to choose to pass the ball instead of forcing it yourself.

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Due to the three-goal lead and the decline in fitness, Atletico Madrid's running enthusiasm and fighting intensity after the start of the second half of the game have dropped significantly.

At the same time, the Real Madrid players, who suffered the anger of Carlo Ancelotti at half-time and held back their energy in the second half, began to press frantically from the front as if they had changed teams.

The Real Madrid midfield combination, which has resumed its "normal operation", also began to continuously feed the risk trio with cannonballs, forcing Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Oblak to make many difficult saves.

In the first 15 minutes of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been "pointed" by Carlo Ancelotti, not only used the pass after the breakthrough to send a wonderful pass to his teammates, but also found two good chances to shoot near the penalty spot and at the top of the penalty area.

If it weren't for Oblak's form, I'm afraid Ronaldo would have helped Real Madrid narrow the gap to one goal.

However, with Real Madrid scoreless, Diego Simeone's decisive adjustment finally made the opponent completely lose the last hope of turning the defeat around.

In the 63rd minute of the game, Diego Simeone first replaced Gabi, the captain who was a little lacking in physical strength in continuous battles, with Mario Suarez, who had excellent running ability and fierce fighting, in order to further the team's midfield defense.

Five minutes later, Diego Simeone replaced French striker Antoine Griezmann with a powerful centre-forward Mandzukic, giving him the role of the team's attacking bridgehead.

Diego Simeone's tweaks soon paid off, as Mandzukic extended his lead again after just seven minutes on the pitch.

At that time, after Koke steals Isco with the assistance of Mario Suarez, a precise long ball goes directly to Mandzukic in the frontcourt.

Mandzukic first jumped high to top the ball to Feng Quan, who was not far away, and then rushed straight towards the opponent's penalty area after landing on the ground.

After winning the ball, Feng Quan did not run to the penalty area at full speed for the first time, but advanced towards the sideline. The reason why Feng Quan chose this way is to wait for his midfield teammates to follow up quickly, and at the same time, to attract the attention of the three defenders closest to him and create more space for other teammates to move.

Just as Carvajal, Sergio Ramos and James Rodriguez were closing in on themselves, the wind suddenly took a shot and moved the ball to a huge space on the right flank.

Then, Juan Forlan, who was moving forward at high speed, unloaded the ball and adjusted it slightly, and sent a straight cross towards the penalty spot.

Mandzukic, who was outflanked, leaped high before Casillas could attack, and a powerful header sent the ball into the top right corner of the Real Madrid goal to make it 4-0.

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